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Over the phone I could hear quiet anguish in the mothers gentle contralto voice We found out in late August He sat us both down and told us his secret Deep inside I already knew I guess Ive known for a long time but I could not accept it Hes my baby boy How could he be a freak of nature We couldnt talk about it When he came home for Christmas We talked about his job his new home and his new car He and his brother talked about golf and basketball and everything else except that Im so frightened Suppose he gets it Suppose he already has it I dont want him to come home sick I dont want other people taking care of my child I dont want him to die His father and I cant bring ourselves to talk about it eitherbut Scego Betty June 2000Homosexuality traditionally has been frowned upon and scorned in the United States as well as other countries across the globe it is often ignored and kept in the closet Some people argue that homosexuality is unnatural some families view homosexuality as an affront to their values Although tolerance toward homosexual people has grown in recent times and there is more attention to their civil rights many people still find it difficult to accept homosexuality According to 1994 statistics at least sixty percent of United States AIDS cases have been transmitted through homosexual activity Socialism of the skin 1994 As this figure represents a number greater than half of all reported cases I believe that it is safe to assume homosexuals are still a group that exhibits one of the greatest levels of risk behavior With this in mind I began to seek out a profession that would enable me to reach out to the gay population and educate them so that their behavior may be influenced in a more positive direction- avoiding infection while maintaining a

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